The Academy of Country Music announced its first round of performers and presenters for the 12th annual ACM Honors ceremony, which will take place on August 22 at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium. The ceremony will recognize the special honorees and off-camera category winners from the 53rd ACM Awards. Performers include Lauren Alaina, Kassi Ashton, Cam, Deana…… MORE
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Sam Hunt released one song in 2017: “Body Like a Back Road,” which just happened to be the biggest country song of year. The tune was the best-selling country song in 2017, spent a record 34 weeks atop the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart and topped the Billboard Country Airplay chart. Sam followed up the…… MORE
Earlier this month, Garth Brooks announced he will play an upcoming show at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, Indiana—making the G-man the first artist to play a concert on the hallowed field. While a date for the event still hasn’t been announced, Garth has hinted that his upcoming “tour” will be cut from the…… MORE
Eric Church dropped a new video for his current single, “Desperate Man.” Directed by Reid Long and John Peets, the new clip features Eric evading agents from “EMI”—which happens to be the name of his label—as he and the song’s co-writer, Ray Wylie Hubbard, embark on a mission to distribute music to the people. “Excitement…… MORE
Brandi Carlile has curated an all-female destination concert vacation in Riviera Maya, Mexico, on Jan. 30–Feb. 3. Dubbed Brandi Carlile’s Girls Just Wanna Weekend, the festival features multiple shows by Brandi as well as performances by Maren Morris, Indigo Girls, Margo Price, Patty Griffin, Lucius, KT Tunstall, The Secret Sisters and Ruby Amanfu. “Mainstream festivals…… MORE
Singer/songwriter Steve Moakler and wife Gracie announced via Instagram that they are expecting their first child. With a pic that shows the couple holding a “Moakler”-adorned onesie, Steve captioned his Instagram post: “Well team…it looks like we’ve got a 3rd passenger coming on the road this year. It’s gonna be bumpin’ #DadJokes 🙌🏼👶🏻😎.” Gracie added…… MORE
Cole Swindell announced a six-date All of It Tour. Yup, six dates is all of it. The tour, which launches on Aug. 17 in St. Louis, coincides with the release of his third studio album, All of It, on the same day. Additional tour stops include Cleveland, Pittsburgh and more. Tickets for the All of…… MORE
Carly Pearce stopped by the Nash campus last week to chat with Elaina Smith on her Women Want to Hear Women podcast (you can listen to the entire podcast here). One of the podcast’s segments—“Play It Forward”—beckons the featured artist to perform a song from another female’s catalog. For her Play It Forward, Carly covered…… MORE
Summer 2018 is in full swing in Nashville as Broadcast Music Inc. (BMI) held its fifth Rooftop on the Row concert on July 17. Kalie Shorr kicked off the night’s festivities atop the BMI building by performing “Awake,” “Fight Like a Girl” and her current single, “Candy,” before Morgan Wallen took the stage. In addition…… MORE
Maren Morris is gearing up to join the North American leg of Niall Horan’s Flicker World Tour, which kicks off on July 18 in Woodlands, Texas, and makes more than 30 stops in the U.S. and Canada through September. Maren and Niall, a former member of pop troupe One Direction, have already played several tour…… MORE
